Means for inserting cards and the like in cartons or similar containers



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Nirn 1 lease 1" GEORGE ILLIAM OLIVER, or HYARROW,.ENGLANIQIASSIGNOR To LYoNs AND 'coivr- PANY, LIMITED, or LONDON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR rivsnnri ve-oannsnnn THE LIKE In oanronson'sIMIneR-ooNTAmEnsg Application filed May e, 1926, Serial No. 107,210, and in Great Britain July 14,- 1925.

This invention relates to the insertion of cards and the like in cartons or similar containers and has for its object to provide an et'ficient device for automatically performing this operationin conjunction with existing types of packing apparatus, and-which may be also adapted to operate as an independent unit..- g v Difiiculty has been hitherto encountered in continuous operating machines for filling boxes, consisting mainly in the fact that exact timing of the operation at the moment when the card is'to be inserted in a package is essential andtha-t if the card does not enter the box neatly or at the precise moment breakdown is liable to occur with consequent diminution of the general output anc efficiency of the device. I

7 According to the present invention means are provlded wherebya card or ticket or the like maybe inserted into a carton or similar container precisely and rapidlyiat themoment when it is required torelease said card or ticket fromjthe inserting member, means also'belng provided for a prellminary feed of the card to the member actually adapted to insertthecard in the contain-er. r a a 'i More particularly the present invention comprises a machine or apparatus for serting cards and the like in cartons orsimilar containers comprising, a vacuuinnozzjle.

adapted to receive and hold a card when in a certain position, means for feeding a card to said vacuum nozzlewhen said nozzle is in said position and means operable jwhen said vacuum nozzle reaches anotherposition for breaking the vacuum and causing said vacuum nozzle to release the card.

then it is desired to employ the (55rd inserting member in'conjunction with continuously operating machines for filling boxes the timing of the device isso arrangedthat the aforementioned feeding operation of the card to the inserting member'is'eifected automatically prior to'the moment when the container is in a position ready to receive the card. The inserting member may consist of a suitably shaped air suction nozzle which is adapted to hold a card centrally.

and firmly in position so long as the necessary suction is maintained. When however the inserting member is required to jrelease the card a suitable port provided in the suction nozzle is opened in any suitable manner, thus destroying the vacuum and enablin'g the card to fallfby gravity into-the;

container. v

In order that read1ly understood reference is directed to the invention may be more principal operating members of the card I containing and inserting apparatus;

Figure2 'islan end elevation of thel apparatus shown in Figure. land 1 Figure is af semi diagrammatio view 20f the card insert-ting suction nozzle tdrawn, to

an enlarged scale, A a

. Referring now to these drawings, wherein similar reference characters are employed to deslgnate the same portionsof the apparatus throughout the severalfigures', the numeral 2 represents a vertically positioned magazine adapted to recelve a number Of Cards or the.

like pile formation. slidably located at the lowerend of. the magazineZ is provided a knife or plunger 3 suitably arranged in known manner so as to recfelve the lowermost card-of the pile at each successive recipro-.,

cat-ion. Rigidly secured tothe underside of the knife 3 is a 'projecting member 4 con- I nected 'bya'link 5 to the upper end of a bellicrank lever 6 suitably-mounted at the end of a bracket-like ,:member. which is i bolted, to any convenient fixe'dportion of,

the apparatus. ;--The otherarm 'Z of the .lever' I 6 is; connected to a .further link '8which in.

turnis. connected to the upper end of'a vertically'movable rod 9. .-.T he rod '9 atits lowerend is'secured to the-projecting 111g 10 of a bracketmember 11 havingalongltudinal slot 12. A roller '13 is freely mounted a a at the lower end of the member 11 and is adapted to bear against the periphery of a cam 14 bythe aid of a tension spring 15 fixed at one end to a. stationary support 16 and at .the other end to the' movable bracket 7 T 11. The-1-camlt is provided with a-pinyli which is adapted to enter the slot '12 and is moreover adapted to rotate about the axis of the pin 17 by means of an extension 18 of the cam disc. which maybe driven by the crank and crank pin drive indicated in" dotted outline atA in Fig.2. The bearingsurface of the cam 14; is of such "a shape that as it rotates the roller 13 .will cause the bracket 11 and therewiththe rod 9tto reciprocate; this motion is transmitted to the recessed knife 3 through the link-work mechanism 8, 7, 6, 5, 4. Upon the forward stroke of the knife 3, containing a card from the magazine 2, said card is fed to the underside of a suction-nozzle 19 positioned vertically and in slidable engagement with a bracket 20 secured to the card magazine 2. The nozzle 19 is provided with a pipe connection 21 to any desired source of low pressure generation or vacuum producing apparatus. A guide member consisting of a rod 22 is attach-ed to the upper end of the suction nozzle and is caused to reciprocate vertically by any suitable plunger mechanism, the upstroke being effected with the aid of a spring 23 secured at one end to a collar 24 on the suction nozzle and at the other end to the fixed bracket 20. The suction nozzle 19 which may be more clearly seen by Fig. 3 passes through a sleeve member 25 having an extension 26 bolt-ed to the magazine-2 and contains a central bore 27 having lateral ports 28 and 29 commun cating with an annular chamber 30 in direct communication with the suction supply pipe 21. In this manner so long as the ports 28 and 29 are within the region of the chamber 30 suction is maintained in the nozzle 19 and a card which is placed'under the mouth oftsaid nozzle so as to abut against a stop 31 will be gripped and held in close engagement. When however the nozzle is lowered until'the collar 24 reaches the position 2% the ports 28 and 29 are lowered to a pos1- tion 28 and 29 below the chamber 30, and as these ports are now open to the atmosphere the vacuum is destroyed and the card isimmediately released.

When in operation, cartons or similar packages are placed with the upper surface of the contents exposed upon arotating table or other continuous conveying means of known type so located that each carton or the like may in turnpass below the suction nozzle 19. As acarton approaches feeding position the mechanism associated with'the rod 9 and knife 3 is timed so as to cause the knife 3 to recede and receive a card from the magazine 2. The card is then pushed forward by the knife 8 to a central position below the mouth of the suction nozzle 19, this being determined by the projecting stop 81. The carton conveying means is now timed so that immediately a carton is located underneath the suction-nozzle 19 the movement of said conveying means is momentarily suspended and the rod 22 is plunged downward by any suitable means a distance sufficient to enable the mouth of the nozzle to remain immediately over the open top of the carton.

means may be employed for conveying the cartons and the like and that the extent to which the suction nozzle may be lowered depends upon the height of the carton. Also any convenient means may be provided whereby the suction nozzle ports may be cause-d to destroy thesuction at the requisite distance above the carton.

It will be seen that this improved device provides a practical and eflicient means for ensuring a firm grip of the card before insertion and equally efiicient means for a ,sud-

den release thereof at the requisite moment.

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is In a machine for inserting blanks in con tainers, in combination, a vertical magazine containing a pile of blanks, a tubular downwardly depending movable vacuum nozzle disposed vertically and supported adjacent said magazine, suction means associated with said vacuum nozzle, a reciprocatingknife member operated by cam and link mecha-' nism and arranged to feed successively a lowermost blank from the magazine to the underside of said vacuum nozzle, a suction chamber surrounding a hollow central tube portion of said nozzle, the tubeportion hav ing ports normally communicating withfsaid suction chamber, said ports being' brought lnto communication with theatmosphere. to break the vacuum when said nozzle is in a lowered position whereby the blankis released to fall vertically from the ,mouth'of said nozzle into a container.

In witness whereof I afilx my signature.

GEORGE WILLIAM OLIVER. 

